This archive report was first published on 21 April 2020.
On Monday, sanitation booths installed by Sonko Rescue Team in Kibra constituency were vandalized, sparking outrage from Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko.
According to Sonko, the booths were vandalized under the supervision of the Deputy County Commissioner, an act he termed as “a new low, and the hallmark of the selfishness and pettiness.”
Installed to help reduce the spread of the coronavirus, the booths were part of a larger effort by Sonko to provide aid to Nairobi's informal settlements.
“I am saddened by the vandalism that occurred earlier today, supervised by the Kibra Deputy County Commissioner who personally confirmed his ill actions to me,” Sonko said in a statement.
He alleged that the officers involved were working under the instructions of Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho to frustrate him, as they had allegedly confirmed to him.
“Today’s action is not only evil but proof that indeed we have people in government who would rather have Kenyans die of the pandemic or starvation than see them helped by people they (government officers) don’t like politically,” Sonko said.
Published on April 21, 2020, at 12:00 PM.
